Bungie says 'no second chances' if you're caught cheating in Marathon

Bungie isn't taking any prisoners when it comes to cheating on its upcoming extraction shooter, Marathon. In a detailed blog post explaining its anti-cheat measures, Bungie took a very declarativ [...]

The Morning After: What to expect at Samsung’s Galaxy Unpacked event tomorrow

Samsung’s ready to launch its first new devices of 2026, and it’s got an Unpacked event in San Francisco to stream everything. The keynote starts at 10AM PT (1PM ET) and will be livestreamed on Yo [...]

For the Steam Machine to change PC gaming, Valve must solve Linux's anti-cheat problem

Following months of rumors, Valve finally announced the new Steam Machine earlier this week. And while I might question the company's decision to ship a system with only 8GB of VRAM in 2026, I be [...]

Meta sues advertisers in Brazil and China over 'celeb bait' scams

Meta has sued the people and groups behind three scam operations that used images and deepfakes of celebrities to lure users to scam websites. According to the company, the three entities were based i [...]

Severance, The Last of Us and Andor just nabbed dozens of Emmy nominations

The nominations for the 77th Emmy Awards just dropped and, unsurprisingly, Apple TV+'s Severance led the pack with a whopping 27, including Best Drama. The streamer has another bona-fide hit with [...]

Instagram is generating SEO-bait headlines for its users' posts

It looks like Meta has decided to turn Instagram users into unwitting SEO spam pawns. On Tuesday, 404 Media reported that the platform is generating sensational, likely AI-generated headlines for user [...]

AI cheating tools are winning. Detection was never the point.

The videos are everywhere, and the offer is always the same. Let AI do your homework, and you will not get caught. According to a New York Times investigation, TikTok and YouTube are now full of tutor [...]

NYU professor fights AI cheating with AI-powered oral exams that cost 42 cents per student

An NYU professor ran oral exams using a voice AI agent. The experiment cost $15 for 36 students and revealed not just gaps in student knowledge, but weaknesses in his own teaching.<br /> The art [...]

I’ve watched the Virgin River season 7 trailer more times than I can count — and one unexpected storyline already feels like rage bait

Netflix has dropped the first Virgin River season 7 trailer and it’s total rage bait, with every storyline first-look is more infuriating than the last. [...]